Hyper, Pregnant, and Bad Liver HELP!!
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| Sun, 11-28-2004 - 3:48pm |
I am new to this board and was hoping to get some BTDT words of wisdom.
I was diagnosed Hyperthyroid (Graves) in Sept. DR started me on PTU, 5x/day. In Oct we discovered I was PG (hooray!) and my thyroid was looking good, he lowered my PTU to 3x/day. Last week the DR had labs done and found Thyroid was looking normal along with red & white blood cell counts however liver function is 3x normal. He dropped me to 1 PTU/day and wants to do an Ultrasound on my Gallbladder and Liver. I'm concerned about the limited treatments due to my pregnancy, anyone ever deal with this?
It seems my only options are Iodine Radiation (bad during pregnancy) or Surgery to remove the Thyroid. I'm worried about my Liver and want to get it healthy so I can enjoy my family. Any advice/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Nadine
Lauren 02/03/04
Baby #2 EDD 06/27/05

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Oh gosh, Chris. Thanks so much for your post. I had no idea about any of those other possible issues and also about the two different liver functions. Thank you so much, now I know some specifics on what to talk to my DR about instead of sitting there blindly.
I'm so sorry to hear about your husband's health. Please know that I am so grateful to you for sharing and am much more educated now.
Thank you.
Nadine
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